Comb-cleaner



(No Model.)

J. COOPER.

00MB CLEANER. No. 525,337. Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH COOPER, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

COMB-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,337, datedSeptember 4,-1894.

Application filed February 21, 1894. Serial No. 500,989- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH COOPER, of Racine, in the county of Racineand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDevices for Cleaning Combs, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part ofthis specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in devices for cleaning combs.

It is the object of my invention to provide a simple and yet, at thesame time, efficient device for extracting the dandruff and othersediment, which settles between the teeth of combs.

The invention consists of the devices and parts, or their equivalents,as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side elevation of thedevice, and Fig. 2, is a plan view thereof.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in both figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings the letter A indicates the handle of theimplement. This handle is provided at one end with a series of inwardextending slits a, which are adapted to receive the inner ends ofcleaning blades B, said blades being held securely in place within theslits by means of a rivet C. These blades gradually converge towardtheir outer ends, so that the passages between the blades graduallynarrow outward. The opposite longitudinal edges of the blades arecorrugated or toothed as indicated at b. V

It will be noticed that the teeth or corrugations of one of the edgesare smaller than the teeth of the opposite edge. These smaller teeth areadapted especially for cleaning fine toothed combs.

The end of the handle opposite to the end receiving the cleaning bladesis provided with a socket into which the end of a small brush D issecured by means of a suitable glue, or equivalent. It will also benoticed that the opposite sides of the blades are provided withprojections or ribs 1).

In utilizing the improved implement, the rear ends of the cleaningblades are passed into the spaces between the teeth of the comb. Theblades are then drawn transversely through the spaces of the comb, andthe teeth or corrugations of the blades engage the dirt or sediment atthe bottom of the teeth spaces, while the projections or ribs b engagethe dirt on the sides of the teeth. As the spaces between the cleaningblades gradually narrow toward the outer ends of said blades, of courseeach tooth embraced by the blades will be clamped tighter toward theouter ends of the blades, and the dandruff and dirt thereby moreeifectually removed, this being especially true in regard to thesediment which settles against the sides of the teeth. The cleaningblades are preferably constructed of spring metal, so as to provide fora certain amount of yield, and thereby adapt the device to difierentsizes of combs, in which the teeth are arranged at varying distancesapart. After the cleaning blades have been drawn through the teethspaces of the comb a requisite number of times, the handle Ais reversed,and the brush D utilized. This brush will serve to remove the dirt whichhas been lo0sened by the teeth of the blades.

From the above description it will be seen that I provide an exceedinglysimple, inexpensive and usefularticle of manufacture, accomplishing whathas heretofore been accomplished only after considerable trouble andannoyance.

Having thus described my invention, what i I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a comb cleaner consisting of ahandle and a series of flat blades secured thereto, said blades havingone or bothof their longitudinal edges provided with teeth, and havingtheir opposite sides provided with projections or ribs, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH COOPER.

Witnesses:

J OHN T. WENTWORTH,

ETTA M. ADAMS.

